"The Washington Nationals have been alternating their primary starters every other game in kind of a half-in and half-out method that most teams put together early in Spring Training. At some point, those projected starters will play a little deeper into games. That also doesn't mean that the half-out crew isn't working on the backfields back at the Nats' Spring Training complex."
"Jacob Young who is out of the lineup today is still experiencing some wrist soreness although it is getting better and he is considered day-to-day. He has been nursing a contusion on his wrist after being hit by his own teammate two weeks ago in one of those live BP sessions."
"Those three plus Andres Chaparro, Matt Mervis and Yohandy Morales are in the first base, DH and bench competition."
The Washington Nationals employ a rotation strategy during Spring Training, alternating primary starters every other game while gradually increasing their innings pitched. Projected starters not in the game receive daily work through live batting practice sessions at the team's complex. Jacob Young is day-to-day with wrist soreness from a contusion sustained during a live BP session two weeks prior. Robert Hassell III starts in center field in Young's absence. The team continues evaluating competition at first base and designated hitter positions among multiple candidates including Warming Bernabel, Abimelec Ortiz, Andres Chaparro, Matt Mervis, and Yohandy Morales.
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